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Clinton Aide Named in Probe

Bruce Lindsey, a senior aide of President Clinton, has be en named an unindicted co-conspirator by prosecutors in the Whitewater investigation, officials say. A defense attomey in the Whitewater trial of two Arkansas bankers said he was told prosecutors will allege in court that Lindsey conspired to assist the defendants in circumventing currency reporting reąuirements involving cash withdrawals for Clinton's 1990 gubematorial campaign. Clinton jumped to his friend's defense andnoted Lindsey had not be en charged with a crime. White House officials say Lindsey will stay in his White House job.

Hearing on FBI Background Files

Congress is conducting hearings today on revelations that the Clinton White House obtained morę than 400 FBI security files, including some on former Republican officials. William Clinger, chairman of the House Govemment Reform and Oversight Committee, said he wants to know whether the transfer of the files was a blunder or something morę sinister by Democratic political operatives. Meanwhile, the White House says it will put all personnel security operations under a career civil servant, seeking to quell a scandal over its having obtained confidential FBI files on top Republicans.

Senate Backs Mis sile Defense

The Senate today backed a $300 million speedup in developing an anti-missile defense to protect the United States from a smali missile attack by a rogue nation. The Senate rejected, by a 53-44 vote, an effort to cut the $300 million out of a $267 billion defense authorization bill. A separate bill introduced by Republicans calls for construction of the defense by 2003. President Clinton opposes the speedup, saying U.S. intelligence agencies see no such missile threat for at least a decade. He wants to continue research but not build a missile defense unless a specific threat begins to emerge.

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